Original WWII Hitler Youth HJ Field Cap with HJ Enamel Pin Badge and RZM Codes. 15793:56. Original WWII Hitler Youth HJ Field Cap with HJ Enamel Pin Badge and RZM Codes. 15793:56. Antiques & Militaria

Beginning early in the war, Hitler Youth personnel performed a wide variety of jobs which freed up men for active military service, among them postal delivery, messenger services, fire fighting assistance, crop harvesting, and air-raid assistance. By late 1942, due to the deteriorating war situation and the increase in raids on Germany, the “Reichsjugendführung” (National-youth-leadership) stated that all HJ personnel who had reached the age of fifteen were to “volunteer” for auxiliary service until they were called up for military service at the age of eighteen. A blue cotton visor cap with doubled-up, fold-down side panels, in the same material as the one-piece crown and two-piece body of the cap, which narrow and slope towards the front where they are fastened beneath a loop. Its stiffened visor is also covered in blue cotton. No markings to the interior. Size 56 approx. The front adjourns an original enamel party badge for the Hitler Youth with RZM markings to the rear (RZM codes appear on edged weapons produced for the NSDAP starting in 1934). The price includes UK delivery. 15793:56.